Strong negative emotions are difficult for people to contain. Neil had contempt and anger for Barack - and Barack gave some anger back. Yesterday, the Commander in Chief announced his "stop gap measure" for immigrants who came to the U.S. before they were 16 and are now younger than 30, have lived here for five straight years, never been convicted of a crime, and have graduated from high school or received a GED - to be eligible for renewable two-year work permits after temporary status has been granted.

Munro displays multiple microexpressions of contempt directed toward the President - at the 0:13, 0:16, 0:53, 1:01 and 1:21 time marks. These are good examples of these contempt displays disguised (subconsciously) and/or blended with a "sniffing" action with the nose. The last of these of these microexpressions is accompanied by an eye-roll - which occurs consciously or sometimes at edge-of-consciousness - and thus a largely deliberate and theatrical contempt display.

The whole event has, naturally, made Munro rather anxious. He can be seen taking at hard swallow - a classic nonverbal of anxiety - at the very end of the video (1:29). No doubt it will be some time before Munro is let back in the Rose Garden.

In the image below, in addition to Munro, there are two other male reporters (both in jackets and ties) displaying interesting body language tells? What are they thinking-feeling?

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This website serves as a reference source for the art and science of Body Language/Nonverbal Communication. The views and opinions expressed on this website are those of the author. In an effort to be both practical and academic, many examples from/of varied cultures, politicians, professional athletes, legal cases, public figures, etc., are cited in order to teach and illustrate both the interpretation of others’ body language as well as the projection of one’s own nonverbal skills in many different contexts – not to advance any political, religious or other agenda.